Simon Kenton Cotter

1860 - 1948  (88 years)

• Name	Simon Kenton Cotter
  Birth	9 May 1860	Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	toolmaker
  Death	9 Jul 1948
  	Cause: cancer
  Burial	12 Jul 1948	Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA   [1]
  	Section T, Lot 298
  		Simon Kenton Cotter Plot: Section T, Lot 298
  Siblings	3 brothers and 2 sisters
  1. Barbara Elizabeth Cotter,   b. 10 Dec 1852, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA d. 5 Aug 1925, Greenville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 72 years) ▻ John David Kohn,  m. 5 Aug 1875   2. James S. Cotter,   b. 10 Jun 1854, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA d. 5 Feb 1933, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA  (Age 78 years) ▻ Caroline Knox,  m. 15 Jun 1876 ;   Laura Virginia Baker,  m. 12 Aug 1885   3. Mary Jane Cotter,   b. 17 Oct 1857, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA d. 4 Feb 1931, Quinter, Gove County, Kansas, USA  (Age 73 years) ▻ David Lewis Ringwalt,  m. 7 Oct 1874   4. William Harrison Cotter,   b. 22 Jul 1858, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA d. 11 Sep 1941, Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA  (Age 83 years) ▻ Belle Ragsdale,  m. 21 Dec 1885   5. Simon Kenton Cotter,   b. 9 May 1860, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA d. 9 Jul 1948  (Age 88 years) ▻ Emma B. Shane,  m. 5 Oct 1887   6. George Sackville Cotter,   b. 8 Apr 1862, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA d. 14 Nov 1940, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA  (Age 78 years) ▻ Jennie Amy "Pink" Bryant,  m. 13 Jun 1890 ;   Anna F. Kelly,  m. 18 Nov 1915
  Half-siblings	1 half brother and 1 half sister (family of James Laurence Cotter and Ann Brophy)
  1. John L. Cotter,   b. cir 1868 ▻ Mamie D. Kimberlin,  m. 27 Nov 1891   2. Mary Emma Cotter,   b. 19 Aug 1869   d. 27 Mar 1956, Cook County, Illinois, USA  (Age 86 years) ▻ Franklin Henry Melrose,  m. 10 Jun 1887
  Notes	The Kenton Cotter family was living on Hartford (?) Street, Springfield, Ohio, at the time of the 1900 Census (see 1900 Ohio Census, Clark County, Roll 1246, Book 1, E.D. 19, Ward 1, Precinct D, page 277a). At the time of the 1930 census, the family was living Montgomery County, Ohio.
  Person ID	I700	Bryan-Martin
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2001

  
  

  Father	James Laurence Cotter,   b. cir 1818, Belfast (?), Ireland d. 17 Apr 1899, Claremont, Richland County, Illinois, USA (Age ~ 81 years)
  Mother	Anna Maria Harrison   d. Bef 1866
  Marriage	6 Oct 1849	Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA
  Family ID	F266	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma B. Shane,   b. 17 Sep 1869, Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio, USA d. 24 Dec 1943, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	5 Oct 1887	Clark County, Ohio, USA   [2]
  Census	1940	11 Herman Avenue, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA   [3]
  Children	1. Lloyd Martin Cotter,   b. 26 May 1889   d. 27 Jan 1920, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA (Age 30 years)   2. Geneva Gertrude Cotter,   b. 14 Feb 1895, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA d. 1 Apr 1943, St. Elizabeth Hospital, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA (Age 48 years)   3. Edwin Meredith Cotter,   b. 26 Oct 1898, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA d. 19 Jun 1961, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F317	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 9 May 1860 - Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA Marriage - 5 Oct 1887 - Clark County, Ohio, USA Census - 1940 - 11 Herman Avenue, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA Burial - 12 Jul 1948 - Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents

  Kenton Cotter family 1900 in 1900 census Kenton is on the previous page

  
  

  Newspaper Articles

  John and Kenton Cotter Visit Relatives John L. Cotter and Kenton Cotter were half-brothers, John being the son of James and Ann Brophy Cotter and Kenton the son of James and Anna Harrison Cotter. They were visiting relatives in Richland County, Illinois, where James and Ann Brophy Cotter and John's sister, Mary Emma Cotter Melrose, were living. The Olney Republican, 4 August 1886

  
  

  Obituaries

  Kenton Cotter Springfield (Ohio) Daily News, 9 July 1948

  
  

• Sources

  [S45] Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Ohio, Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Ohio. [S19] Vol. 13, p. 267. [S499] 1940 Census, Montgomery County, Ohio.